Mulan · chapter 6 of 10
The Fever
花将军病了
Mulan falls ill with a burning fever, and the army doctor wants to come in and examine the general. Only one man stands in his way.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 第十一年的春天，木兰病了。她发着高烧，躺在床上。
Dì shíyī nián de chūntiān, Mùlán bìng le. Tā fāzhe gāoshāo, tǎng zài chuáng shàng.
In the spring of the eleventh year, Mulan fell ill. She lay in bed, burning with fever.
- Mulan 好热……好累……我不能病，我不能病……
Hǎo rè…… hǎo lèi…… Wǒ bù néng bìng, wǒ bù néng bìng……
So hot… so tired… I can't be sick. I can't be sick…
- Captain Li 花将军！你的脸怎么这么红？太热了！我去叫医生！
Huā jiāngjūn! Nǐ de liǎn zěnme zhème hóng? Tài rè le! Wǒ qù jiào yīshēng!
General Hua! Why is your face so red? You're burning up! I'm getting the doctor!
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- Mulan 不要！李大哥……不要叫医生。
Búyào! Lǐ dàgē…… búyào jiào yīshēng.
No! Captain Li… don't call the doctor.
- Captain Li 为什么？你病得这么重，不能不看医生！
Wèishénme? Nǐ bìng de zhème zhòng, bù néng bú kàn yīshēng!
Why not? You're this sick, you have to see a doctor!
- Mulan 我从小就怕医生……李大哥，你帮帮我。
Wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù pà yīshēng…… Lǐ dàgē, nǐ bāngbang wǒ.
I've been afraid of doctors since I was little… Captain Li, please help me.
- Captain Li 好。我不叫医生。
Hǎo. Wǒ bú jiào yīshēng.
All right. I won't call the doctor.
- Captain Li 我就站在门口，谁也别想进来。
Wǒ jiù zhàn zài ménkǒu, shéi yě bié xiǎng jìnlái.
I'll stand right at the door, and nobody gets in.
- Mulan 李大哥是好人……可是，他会不会看出来呢？
Lǐ dàgē shì hǎo rén…… Kěshì, tā huì bú huì kàn chūlái ne?
Captain Li is a good man… But will he figure it out?
- Narrator 可是那天下午，军医自己来了。
Kěshì nà tiān xiàwǔ, jūnyī zìjǐ lái le.
But that afternoon, the army doctor came anyway.
- Army doctor 听说花将军病了？让我进去看看。
Tīngshuō Huā jiāngjūn bìng le? Ràng wǒ jìnqù kànkan.
I hear General Hua is sick? Let me in to take a look.
- Captain Li 不行！谁也不能进去！
Bùxíng! Shéi yě bù néng jìnqù!
No! Nobody goes in!
- Army doctor 我是医生啊！医生不看病，看什么？
Wǒ shì yīshēng a! Yīshēng bú kàn bìng, kàn shénme?
But I'm the doctor! If a doctor doesn't see the sick, what does he see?
- Captain Li 医生也不行！我们花将军最怕医生，一看见医生，病就更重了！
Yīshēng yě bùxíng! Wǒmen Huā jiāngjūn zuì pà yīshēng, yí kànjiàn yīshēng, bìng jiù gèng zhòng le!
Especially not doctors! Our General Hua is terrified of them. One look at a doctor and he gets even sicker!
- Army doctor 哪有这样的将军？打仗不怕，怕医生？
Nǎ yǒu zhèyàng de jiāngjūn? Dǎzhàng bú pà, pà yīshēng?
What kind of general is that? Not afraid of battle, but afraid of a doctor?
- Captain Li 对！我们的将军就是这样的人。
Duì! Wǒmen de jiāngjūn jiù shì zhèyàng de rén.
That's right! That's just the kind of man our general is.
- Captain Li 你把药给我，我给他吃。
Nǐ bǎ yào gěi wǒ, wǒ gěi tā chī.
Give me the medicine, and I'll make sure he takes it.
- Army doctor 好吧，好吧……一天吃三次，别忘了！还有，多喝热水！
Hǎo ba, hǎo ba…… Yì tiān chī sān cì, bié wàng le! Hái yǒu, duō hē rè shuǐ!
Fine, fine… Three times a day, don't forget! And plenty of hot water!
- Narrator 三天以后，木兰的病好了。
Sān tiān yǐhòu, Mùlán de bìng hǎo le.
Three days later, Mulan was well again.
- Mulan 李大哥，谢谢你。这三天三夜，你一直站在门口？
Lǐ dàgē, xièxie nǐ. Zhè sān tiān sān yè, nǐ yìzhí zhàn zài ménkǒu?
Captain Li, thank you. Did you really stand at the door for three days and nights?
- Captain Li 当然！我就是你的门神！谁也进不来！哈哈！
Dāngrán! Wǒ jiù shì nǐ de ménshén! Shéi yě jìn bù lái! Hāha!
Of course! I'm your very own door god! Nobody gets past me! Ha ha!
- Mulan 他为什么一句也不问？他……已经知道了吗？
Tā wèishénme yí jù yě bú wèn? Tā…… yǐjīng zhīdào le ma?
Why hasn't he asked a single thing? Does he… already know?
- Mulan 李大哥，你……没有什么想问我的吗？
Lǐ dàgē, nǐ…… méiyǒu shénme xiǎng wèn wǒ de ma?
Captain Li… isn't there anything you want to ask me?
- Captain Li 问什么？你怕医生，我就不让医生进来。
Wèn shénme? Nǐ pà yīshēng, wǒ jiù bú ràng yīshēng jìnlái.
Ask what? You're scared of doctors, so I kept the doctor out.
- Captain Li 兄弟的事，不用问。
Xiōngdì de shì, búyòng wèn.
Between brothers, there's no need to ask.
- Mulan 李大哥……谢谢你。
Lǐ dàgē…… xièxie nǐ.
Captain Li… thank you.
- Captain Li 不过，你的药太苦了！我替你吃了一口，苦死我了！
Búguò, nǐ de yào tài kǔ le! Wǒ tì nǐ chī le yì kǒu, kǔ sǐ wǒ le!
Mind you, that medicine of yours was awful! I tried a sip for you, and it nearly killed me!
- Captain Li 快好起来吧。听说今年冬天，敌人还要来，比以前多很多。
Kuài hǎo qǐlái ba. Tīngshuō jīnnián dōngtiān, dírén hái yào lái, bǐ yǐqián duō hěn duō.
Hurry up and get strong. Word is the enemy's coming again this winter, more of them than ever.
- Mulan 让他们来吧。这一次，我们要让他们再也不敢来！
Ràng tāmen lái ba. Zhè yí cì, wǒmen yào ràng tāmen zài yě bù gǎn lái!
Let them come. This time, we'll make sure they never dare come back!
Hear the chapter
What changed in the story?
- Why doesn't Mulan want a doctor?
“我从小就怕医生……”
- What does Li promise to do?
“我就站在门口，谁也别想进来。”
- What reason does Li give the doctor?
“一看见医生，病就更重了！”
- Why doesn't Li ask Mulan any questions?
“兄弟的事，不用问。”
- What news does Li bring at the end?
“敌人还要来，比以前多很多。”